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Post by blny on Jun 10, 2016 8:31:05 GMT -5
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Post by jkr on Jun 10, 2016 8:44:32 GMT -5
I have to echo one of the comments in the link. I knew he wasn't well but still taken aback by the news.
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Post by blny on Jun 10, 2016 9:46:45 GMT -5
I have to echo one of the comments in the link. I knew he wasn't well but still taken aback by the news. Agreed. You're never quite prepared for it. |
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Post by BadCompany on Jun 10, 2016 9:56:30 GMT -5
Rest in peace. Another legend goes...
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Post by jkr on Jun 10, 2016 10:05:21 GMT -5
I remember going to a Leafs/Whalers game at the Gardens years ago. Howe scored a goal & as I remember it, he roofed it from the slot. Not especially remarkable except for the fact that he was 52 at the time! Amazing athlete.
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Post by CentreHice on Jun 10, 2016 15:05:23 GMT -5
I met him in the mid 90s, when he was the Grand Marshall if the Cambridge Santa Claus Parade. He had a Beliveau-aura about him.
The reason he was Grand Marshall.....he played one game of Junior hockey for the Galt Jr. A Red Wings, back in the mid 40s. (Cambridge used to be Galt, Preston, and Hespeler.) That team lasted 3 seasons. For some reason, he was deemed ineligible…and played just the one game.
Terry Sawchuk also played for the Galt team.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 11, 2016 6:40:09 GMT -5
Met Mr Howe a few years back and he talked to me as if we were in the dressing room ... still, he was a real gentleman ... RIP Mr Hockey ...
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Post by CentreHice on Jun 11, 2016 18:15:12 GMT -5
NICE avatar, Dis!!
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jun 5, 2017 21:13:58 GMT -5
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